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Annotated Bibliography- The Cherry Orchard
Checkhov, Anton. The Cherry Orchard. New Hampshire: Eldritch Press 1904.
The Cherry Orchard is a classic play written by Anton Checkhov circa 1901 to 1903. There were a variety of characters along with a unique storyline. There were twelve characters in the play that played separate but important roles throughout. The protagonist in the play was Mrs. Lubov Ranevsky; she was about middle aged in the play. She was owned the cherry orchard along with the estate which the story greatly concentrates on. Yermolay Lopakhin was another key character in the play; he was the son of peasants on the estate. His family had long been a part of the Ranevsky estate. He is very worried about his image when he is around Mrs. Ranevsky. He steadily complains about his lack of education and had a very rough childhood in comparison to Ranevsky. Peter Trofimov was a student at a nearby university. He intelligent although quite immature, Lubov had believed it was because of his rough upbringing. He has opposing views with Lopakhin because of Lopakhin’s views on life. Next is Leonid Gayev. He is Lubov’s biological brother and he is a bit odd and at times childish. At very odd times Gayev describes billiard shots that having nothing to do with the topic. He also behaves quite different when he is not within his own social standard. Varya is yet another character in the play; she was adopted and is in loves Lopakhin but has doubts about Lopakhin’s ability to move the relationship a step further. She is works very hard but she is very emotional and cries frequently. Anya is another character introduced. She is the birth daughter of Lubov and she has lived a life of comfort. She is very supportive to her mother when the estate is lost. Boris Simeonov Pischik is another character. He is a landowner like Lubov and is having money problems and continuously borrows money from others. He is known for his optimistic attitude towards life. Another
Checkhov, Anton. The Cherry Orchard. New Hampshire: Eldritch Press 1904.
The Cherry Orchard is a classic play written by Anton Checkhov circa 1901 to 1903. There were a variety of characters along with a unique storyline. There were twelve characters in the play that played separate but important roles throughout. The protagonist in the play was Mrs. Lubov Ranevsky; she was about middle aged in the play. She was owned the cherry orchard along with the estate which the story greatly concentrates on. Yermolay Lopakhin was another key character in the play; he was the son of peasants on the estate. His family had long been a part of the Ranevsky estate. He is very worried about his image when he is around Mrs. Ranevsky. He steadily complains about his lack of education and had a very rough childhood in comparison to Ranevsky. Peter Trofimov was a student at a nearby university. He intelligent although quite immature, Lubov had believed it was because of his rough upbringing. He has opposing views with Lopakhin because of Lopakhin’s views on life. Next is Leonid Gayev. He is Lubov’s biological brother and he is a bit odd and at times childish. At very odd times Gayev describes billiard shots that having nothing to do with the topic. He also behaves quite different when he is not within his own social standard. Varya is yet another character in the play; she was adopted and is in loves Lopakhin but has doubts about Lopakhin’s ability to move the relationship a step further. She is works very hard but she is very emotional and cries frequently. Anya is another character introduced. She is the birth daughter of Lubov and she has lived a life of comfort. She is very supportive to her mother when the estate is lost. Boris Simeonov Pischik is another character. He is a landowner like Lubov and is having money problems and continuously borrows money from others. He is known for his optimistic attitude towards life. Another
Bibliography: Part III Overall, in The Cherry Orchard there were two dominant themes. One was struggle over memory and the past and wealth was another. Struggle over memory was a dominant theme due to the fact that memory has been keeping the characters of the play from happiness. Lubov wfdafdasfdasfadsnts to forget about the present day and she just wants to go back to her old life. But the house that she lives in contains the memories of her husband that she had an affair with and her seven year old son that had drowned in a nearby river. Even for the character of Lopakhin, his memories ore abhorrent also. He had a horrid childhood and was raised by peasants. Firs plays the most important role in this theme. All Firs does in the play is talk about memoires. He talks about the “old days” before the serfs were freed. Even at the end of the play, all of the other characters had forgotton him. The nefdfdfdaf daf daf as fdsa f asd fadsfasdfdsxt dominant theme is wealth. This is an obvious theme due to the fact that the story practically revolved around it. Characters have been trying to make more, borrowing money from others, and some are even begging for it. On page 25 of Act I Gayev said, “My sister hasn’t lost the habit of throwing money about.” This shows that while the Lubov is doing nothing to earn money she is spending it like crazy. Finally Lopakhin, he plays the most important role in this theme. He shows the value of hard work. He was the son of peasants who worked up to his wealth and ended up buying the orchard when Lubov went into financial trouble.